Call for abstracts to the Annual Meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group, application deadline Aug. 14. The meeting will be in Houston, TX/virtual Oct. 28-30, and held at the Gilruth Center which is directly adjacent to NASA's Johnson Space Center. hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2…

Learn how Dr. Michael Thorpe turned a passion for hiking and environmental science into a career that advances our understanding of Earth and takes NASA’s exploration of Mars to new heights. Not all science is done in a lab: go.nasa.gov/3ynZW7D

Started a new job this week as an assistant professor Purdue EAPS 🚂🌽 The fullest circle from Center Grove, IN to Brown, WashU, Carnegie, NASA, and now back to my home state. I am thrilled to give back to our community and build our geoscience strengths! youtube.com/watch?v=aD-LpR…

Beyond lucky to be doing what I love for a living and to be doing it for NASA Goddard ! Thanks for the feautre NASA Astrobiology: Exploring Life in the Universe

It's official: making my next giant leap to Purdue University as an assistant professor in the Dept. of Earth, Atmospheric, & Planetary Sciences! To all the students/mentors who said I should be a professor: hope to make you proud 👨🏼‍🏫🌒🌋 Boiler Up! Purdue University Purdue EAPS

Plenty of research opportunities in petrology and geochemistry coming to the Crossroads of America! 😉 Graduate positions opening for Fall 2025! More details 🔜

Congrats to Brianne Checketts, of Purdue EAPS, for being awarded the LPI's Dwornik Award for Best Undergrad Oral Presentation at this year's #LPSC. At the time of the award, she was an undergrad & is now a PhD student advised by Prof. Mike Sori. bit.ly/46G9eZn Mike Sori

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Kris Laferriere of Purdue EAPS surveyed the troughs at Mars' north pole, mapping the entire 3D radar volume for subsurface records of troughs' past locations! The migration of these features informs us of ice mass balance over time. doi.org/10.1029/2023JE…

June 1912: The largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century blanketed glaciers with ash in what’s now known as the Valley of 10,000 Smokes. June 2024: NASA's Goddard Instrument Field Team hiked deep into the Valley, seeking answers about icy volcanic landscapes on Earth & Mars.

In Alaska’s Valley of 10,000 Smokes, glaciers are buried under huge piles of volcanic ash. Mars, too, has debris-covered glaciers. Emileigh Shoemaker & her team used Ground Penetrating Radar to gather info about long stretches of the subsurface before physically breaking ground.

Tabb Prissel, Aditi Pandey, & Justin Hayles at Novarupta. The dome of dark rubble is what’s left of the volcano itself. Ash erupting from this spot in 1912 buried miles of valley. Afterward, gases escaping through countless fumaroles gave the "Valley of 10,000 Smokes" its name.

NASA's Johnson Space Center hxxfrd Prissel collected samples, too, but with a different science question in mind. Novarupta’s chemistry is partly a result of Earth’s plate tectonics. The Moon has volcanic landscapes with similar chemistry, but no plate tectonics. So, what else could explain the parallel?

One of our newest faculty, Tabb Prissel, took part in a NASA Expeditions to the "Valley of 10,000 Smokes." Check it out! #thenextgiantleap Tabb °C Prissel, PhD

After extensive review by experts across the agency, NASA's Boeing Space Crew Flight Test will return with an uncrewed #Starliner. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams are scheduled to return to Earth next spring aboard #Crew9: go.nasa.gov/3WYxWQ7

Purdue’s researchers rank among the most elite of extraterrestrial exploration. Included in this space research roundup are Purdue EAPS faculty Ali Bramson, Alexandria Johnson, Brandon Johnson and Briony Horgan. purduesci.com/4cBHw1f Dr. Ali Bramson Prof. Briony Horgan Alexandria Johnson

🚀 I am looking for a graduate student (start date: Fall 2025)! If you are interested in Mars or Venus' magmatism and crustal processes, please contact me! 📷Here is my group website to know more about the Planetary Exploration Group research: valeriepayre.weebly.com #Mars #Venus

💸Reminder💸 Early Career + Travel Awards are available to attend the annual meeting of the Lunar Exploration Analysis Group at NASA JSC Gilruth Center in Houston, TX | Application deadline is Sept. 6th! Eligibility requirements/further details here: hou.usra.edu/meetings/leag2…

Honored to play any role in this effort! I appear in tiny sprinkles throughout the full length video 🥰🌖 Let’s return to the Moon!!!

Congrats to Ariel Deutsch, Tabb Prissel, and Jacob Richardson, recipients of the 2025 Susan Mahan Niebur Early Career Award for early-career researchers who have shown excellence in their field, and demonstrated meaningful contributions to the science or exploration communities.